Alright so I now feel entitled to take part in this vegan sharing of training journals, because two days ago I finally made the leap in to vegetarianism (not quite vegan yet, but the only dairy products I ingest is chocolate chip cookies that contain some whey powder extracted from milk- aside from that I steer away from pretty much all dairy products). It's a gradual process and once I've gotten more used to the green lifestyle I'll probably take the full leap into veganism.

Usually I do a couple of strength sets in dumbell rows as well and will top it off with 6 reps with a 28 kg or 30 kg dumbell, but was feeling lethargic today (perhaps due to the sudden change in diet- still need to adjust my macros)

Lateral cable pull-downs

40 kg: 12 reps45 kg: 10 reps50 kg: 8 reps

Seated cable rows with narrow grip

25 kg: 15 reps30 kg: 12 reps35 kg: 10 reps40 kg: 8 reps

Hyper back extensions on slanted stanner (without weight)

3 x 20 with simultaneous row movements

Usually I try to skip in between sets and do some push-ups as well for back day, but like I said I was feeling kind of lethargic today.

Hi Kareno and Pope and thanks for the words of encouragement. Am finding the vegetarian/vegan lifestyle a bit difficult at the moment, though this mostly because I'm living off of take-away currently due to some circumstances at home. And also because I am in an unhealthy love-relationship with sweets that usually contain both eggs and butter (although technically I'd *still* be vegetarian if I ate sweets containing egg, but barely.. Just kind of seems self-defeating from both a moral and health point of view... But damn am I tempted!)

Finished off with 12 reps of tricep cable pull downs with rope for heavy pump.

I coach and make training programs for people on a regular basis which includes me having to show the excersizes and many a times do at least a few sets of every work out I show. I did a program today where I pretty *worked out' with him and also did a little house dance routine that had my pulse up, but I don't include that in my total sum of neither resistance or cardio.

Also am still feeling lethargic, so the above logs I've shared with you so far is what I'd call mediocre effort on my part. I just feel low on sugar and unusually lethargic since I made the transition to vegetarianism/veganism. any f you encountered something similar in the begining? If yes does it eventually go away once your body gets used to the new diet?

vegans are the one of few rare breeds that take a whole bunch of nutritious food, smash it up in a blender/processor and drink way more than maybe could possibly chew and swallow. instead of 1banana handful of grapes and a salad its more like 3/4 bananas a whole bunch of grapes, bluberries, almonds, avacado, coconut water, or a whole bag of spinach/kale, half a cucumber, garlic, few celery sticks bla bla u get the point loads of raw stuff, give you what you need.

some of that lethargy may be coming from toxins having a jog thru your blood on the elimination route. but if you keep the fruit content up esp. lemons and oranges, you will breeze thru the transition

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Thanks guys. I actually make sure to eat a lot of carbs (complex and simple), kind of goes with the vegan diet But I hope that I'll eventually regain my previous energy/strength levels soon enough, once I stop living off of falafel, bread and soy milk and start cooking my own food.

Have you tried doing your cardio after lifting? If you are trying to lift heavy, you really should be fresh. I don't think you need more than 5 minutes of cardio to warmup before lifting. You might find your energy levels to be a bit higher.

I agree with the fruit suggestions. I generally have a couple random fruits (apple, orange, pear, etc) 15 minutes before lifting, and then two dates and a banana right after. The dates are really good because they are high in sugar and potassium.

Alright here are some pics of my - without a doubt- *most* musculare body features, namely my thighs and calves. I actually used to hate my thighs and legs and thought they belonged to male bodybuilders (before I got into bodybuilding) and would actually envy people with chicken legs (can you believe that? lol). Now I strut them at (almost) every oppurtunity I get, because on high heels, these babies (flexed thighs and calves) look like something taken out of the Amazons and that's *definitely* nothing to be ashamed of! In fact I've been getting compliments on them- something I'm not used to being surrounded by stick thin (more like thin-fat, 'cos basically no muscle there anyway) chicks all my life, so never actually thought people (especially the opposite sex) found big muscular legs attractive. Anyway enough babbling, here they are and currently my calves measure 46 cm in circumference:-p

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